Johann Strauss I

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Johann Strauss I — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

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1990s

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Gerry Cottle

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

How Gerry Cottle skipped school to catch a train to Newcastle for the circus

Castaway · 15 September 1984Roy Plomley